Nigeria, March 12 -- American film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault that sparked a global #MeToo movement against sexual abuse.

Last month, Mr Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former production assistant, Miriam Haley, and raping a former aspiring actress, Jessica Mann.

During the court trial on Wednesday in New York, Judge James Burke handed down a 20-year-jail term to the filmmaker for a first-degree criminal sex act for forcing oral sex on Ms Haley, in 2006.

He also imposed a three-year sentence for a third-degree rape of Ms Mann- all culminating in a 23-year-jail term.

CNN reports that both the main accusers, as well as the four other witnesses...